Executive Director
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At the CPC, Farrell has organized public symposia, research presentations, and a weekly workshop series on topics of broad relevance to the cultural community. She teaches a yearly graduate research practicum at the Harris School of Public Policy Studies that immerses students in real-world cultural policy projects dealing with some of the most pressing issues affecting the cultural sector.
Research Manager
Jennifer Novak-Leonard specializes in evaluation and research — specifically innovative measurement systems to understand cultural participation, and the personal and public value derived from those experiences. Her work lies at the nexus between research, policy and practice.
Consultant
Michelle Olson has been consulting with the Cultural Policy Center for the past year on long-term planning and strategy, and program development. She has worked extensively in the areas of higher education, community development, workforce development and training, and the creative industry. Michelle has a BA from Lake Forest College, an MA from the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration, and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
Program Coordinator
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Gwendolyn Rugg received her MA in the Social Sciences from the University of Chicago, where she focused on cultural policy, exploring best practices in public art policy in cities across the US in her master’s thesis. She received her BA in art history from the University of Notre Dame, and prior to graduate school she worked in exhibitions, curation, and public programing in cultural institutions around Chicago and abroad. At the Cultural Policy Center she assists with research projects, plans conferences and workshops, manages the Center’s publication, The Digest, and provides administrative support.
Rob Albro, Associate Research Professor, Center for Latin American and Latino Studies, American University
Kerwin Charles, Deputy Dean and Edwin and Betty L. Bergman Distinguished Service Professor, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago
Cate Fox, Program Officer, MacArthur Foundation
Karen Gahl-Mills, Executive Director, Cuyahoga Arts & Culture
Richard Kurin, Under Secretary for History, Art, and Culture, Smithsonian Institution
Greg Lanier, Senior Vice President of Public Affairs and Strategic Communications, NORC
Kate Lorenz, Executive Director, Hyde Park Art Center
Bill Michel, Executive Director, Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, University of Chicago
Jennifer Novak-Leonard, Research Manager, Cultural Policy Center, University of Chicago
Michelle Olson, President and Chief Strategist, Mission Point Consulting
Stephen J. Albert, Executive Director, Court Theatre
Julie Burros, Director of Cultural Planning, Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events, City of Chicago
Kerwin Charles, Deputy Dean and Edwin and Betty L. Bergman Distinguished Service Professor, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago
Elisabeth Clemens, Professor and Chair of Sociology, University of Chicago
Harry Davis, Roger L. and Rachel M. Goetz Distinguished Service Professor of Creative Management, Booth School of Business, University of Chicago
Bill Michel, Executive Director, Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, University of Chicago
Michelle Olson, President and Chief Strategist, Mission Point Consulting
Angelique Power, Senior Program Officer for Culture, The Joyce Foundation
Arthur Sussman, Former Vice President, MacArthur Foundation
Senior Fellow
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bradburn-norman@norc.uchicago.edu
Bradburn is the Tiffany and Margaret Blake Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in the faculties of the University of Chicago’s Irving B. Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies, Department of Psychology, Booth School of Business and the College and a Senior Fellow at NORC at the University of Chicago. He is a former provost of the University (1984-1989), chairman of the Department of Behavioral Sciences (1973-1979), and associate dean of the Division of the Social Sciences (1971-1973). From 2000-2004 he was the Assistant Director for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences at the National Science Foundation. Associated with NORC since 1961, he has been director of NORC and president of its Board of Trustees.
Senior Fellow
Carroll Joynes co-founded the Cultural Policy Center and served as executive director for its first ten years. With Norman Bradburn, he is co-principal investigator of Set in Stone, a large-scale study of cultural building in the United States. He also has served as a trustee of several cultural organizations in Chicago.
Former Faculty Director
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Lawrence Rothfield is Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of Chicago. He co-founded the Cultural Policy Center with Carroll Joynes and served for ten years as its faculty director. He also served as director (and co-founder, with Gerald Graff) of the Master of Arts Program in the Humanities.
Former Associate
Santi Furnari is an Assistant Professor of Strategy at Cass Business School in London.
Former Visiting Fulbright Scholar
Maria Kouri is elected Lecturer of Cultural Administration and Sustainable Development of Local Communities at the University of the Peloponnese (Greece).
Former Associate
Peter Linett is a partner at Slover Linett Strategies, a Chicago-based audience research and evaluation firm serving museums, arts organizations, and educational institutions.
Former Associate
Nick Rabkin is an associate of the Cultural Policy Center and a member of the consulting team that created the new Chicago Cultural Plan.
Former Associate
Joanna is an assistant professor in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University in Bloomington. Previously she served as the Senior Research Officer at the National Endowment for the Arts. Her research interests include cultural policy and nonprofit management, particularly as they relate to cultural facility development and urban policy. She received her Ph.D. in Public Policy from the University of Chicago. Joanna blogs about cultural policy at cultureispolicy.com.
